Box Score

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Senior Julia Antonelli (Hanover, Pa./New Oxford) posted her second double-double of the season, notching 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Lycoming College women's basketball team, but Elizabethtown College was able to stop a second-half rally by Lycoming to post a 74-54 win in the Commonwealth Conference opener for both teams on Tuesday night, Nov. 26, at Dutch Burch Court at Lamade Gym.
 
The Blue Jays (4-0 overall, 1-0 Commonwealth) got the lead to 19 points with 13:54 left in the second half before Lycoming (1-3 overall, 0-1 Commonwealth) made its run. Over the next six minutes, the Warriors went on a 17-5 run led by senior Victoria Kowalski (Mahopec, N.Y./Lakeland), as the 5-9 shooter canned two 3-pointers during the run.
 
However, a jumper by Taylor Alwine stopped the run and after a Lycoming free throw, the Blue Jays went on an 11-2 run to take a 65-48 lead with 4:39 left. The Warriors couldn't get closer than 15 the rest of the way.
 
In a first half marked by runs, Elizabethtown started the game on an 11-2 one that occupied the game's first seven minutes before a jumper and a 3-pointer from Manges kickstarted the Warrior offense, as it scored 12 straight points. Manges scored eight during the run and Antonelli added four.
 
The Warriors held the lead for four minutes before a 3-pointer from Nikki Thompson ignited the Blue Jays on a 19-4 run that lasted the 6:28 to end the half with a 37-24 lead after a jumper by Kendra Beittel fell as time expired.
 
Sophomore Olivia Manges (York, Pa./West York) posted 12 points and two steals, as she notched 10 in the first half. Kowalski finished with six points and three rebounds and junior Ali Derr (New Columbia, Pa./Milton Area) had five points and four rebounds. Sophomore Chelsea Henderson (Yonkers, N.Y./Yonkers) added four points, five rebounds and two blocks.
 
Taylor Kreider led the Blue Jays with 19 points, 13 rebounds and three steals. Alwine and Beidel each added 14 points and six rebounds. Beittel also posted seven assists and Erika Ferro notched four thefts.
 
The Blue Jays shot 43 percent (26-for-61) from the field and 86 percent (18-of-21) from the line while holding the Warriors to 33 percent (21-of-64) from the field.
 
The Warriors get back on the court on Wednesday, Dec. 4, when they head to Alvernia for a 6 p.m. Commonwealth Conference matchup.